Storage & Destruction Business (SDB)
Retrieved 14 May 09
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A recent study, sponsored by BT and Sims Lifecycle Services, finds that more than one third of discarded hard drives still contain confidential data. The study was carried out by forensic computer science labs at Longwood University, located in the United States; the University of Glamorgan, Wales; and Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Computer hard drive sold on eBay 'had details of top secret U.S. missile defence system'

By Daily Mail Reporter
Mail Online
Retrieved May 7, 2009
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Highly sensitive details of a US military missile air defence system were found on a second-hand hard drive bought on eBay.

The test launch procedures were found on a hard disk for the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) ground to air missile defence system, used to shoot down Scud missiles in Iraq.

The disk also contained security policies, blueprints of facilities and personal information on employees including social security numbers, belonging to technology company Lockheed Martin - who designed and built the system.

By Jordan Robertson, Associated Press
USA Today
Retrieved March 16, 2009
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By Mary Mosquera
Federal Computer Week
Retrieved February 12, 2009
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The Federal Aviation Administration has notified employees that one of its computers was hacked, and the personally identifiable information of more than 45,000 employees and retirees was stolen electronically. All affected employees will receive individual letters to notify them about the breach, the FAA said Feb. 9.

Two of the 48 files on the breached server contained personal information about employees and retirees who were on the FAA’s rolls as of the first week of February 2006, the FAA said in a statement.

Watch out! Privacy litigation damages becoming more viable

By Mark Foley, Digital Lex: WTN News
Retrieved February 3, 2009
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A recurring problem in modern litigation is the inadvertent disclosure of materials subject to the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product protection. New Federal Rule of Evidence 502 changes the rules concerning waiver of privilege in all Federal and many State court cases, thereby reducing the risk that inadvertent disclosures will constitute a wavier of attorney client privilege or work product protection. But the new rule requires careful application. Important risks remain.

USA's Trashed TVs, Computer Monitors Can Make Toxic Mess

By Julie Schmit, USA TODAY
Retrieved Dec 30, 2008
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By turning the containers away, Hong Kong thwarted attempts by U.S. companies to dump 1.4 million pounds of broken TVs or computer monitors overseas and an estimated 82,000 pounds of lead, a known toxin, in the devices.